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neem Panni No. 74,886, daad Femm-y 25, 186s.

IMPROVED ANIMAL-TRAP.

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To ALL WHOM 1r MAY coNcEnN: y

Be it known that I, A. C. BRIANT, of Lafayette, in the county of Tippecanoe, and in the State of` Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Traps;V and-do 'hereby declare that the following is la full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying'drawings, and to the letters of. reference marked thereon. 4

In the annexed drawingmmaking part of this specification, A represents a box-trap, which is made olfwood, and of any desirable .or suitable size. This box is divided into two compartments, by means of a partition, B. There is a doorway in this partition, to4 allow the animals to pass from'one compartment to the other. Qre'pre# sente a hinged-door leading into the box from lits top. At one end of the box is adoorway, D, which is opened or closed by a sliding or falling door, E. This door rises andfalls between one end of the box. and the plate.

or shield I.` H represents a shaft, which is situated in compartment 1, near its bottom, andnearth partition B, running crosswisc of the box. This shaft is provided with two platforms, I and J, and also with va vertical rod, G. To the uppei` end of the rod G, one end of a cord, F, is secured. This cord, after passing over the plate P, is attached, atfits other end, to the centre of the upper edge of door E. When the shaft H partially revolves or rocks, the rod G moves, so as to cause the cord F 'to raise the door E, or allow it toufall by its owngravity.- The platform I'is situated in compartment 1, in front of the doorway inl partition B, while the other" platform, J, extends through said doorway and into compartment 2. These platforms 'areso arranged and attached to the shaft, that when one of them has its' outer. end raised a little way from the bottom of the box, the end of the other one rests upon thebottom. vThe'doorway of the partition Bis protected by a `Wire door,

This door is immediatelyover platform J. `Ii represents a wire grating, in one end of the trap, to allow light to e'nter it.v O represents a hook, upon which the bait is hung, said hook being secured to the sido ofA the box, and over the platform I.

.The animal'enters the trap `*through the doorway D, and, passing to the bait, mounts the platform I. As soonas it d'oes this, the shaft partially revolves, the platform I falls, and the upper end of rod G, moving toward door E, slackens the cord F, so that door E falls and closes the doorwayD. The animal is now secure in compartment 1. In endeavoringl to escape, he passes under door K, pressing it up, and enters compartment 2, but, in doing this, he hears down the platform J, which throws up platform I, and'moves rodG, so as to cause the cord to raise door E, thus setting the trap'again, and, at the same time, by the falling of door K, conning itself in the compartment 2. Thus the operation continues, each animal, as it enters compartment 2,'resettingv -the trap.`

Rrepresents a door, which is made in the side of the box, for. removing thennimal, and-which is held in place', when closed, by spring S; v u Y Having thus fully described my improvement, what I claim as new, and Vdesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-` The combination ofthe boxl A, with its partition B, shaft H, having platforms Iand Jinserted directly into said shaft, door K, above platform J, and operated by the rod G andcord l", allY constructed and used substantially as specified. 4

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this Tthday of,Decembcr, 186.7.

n., o. namur.

Witnesses: BENJ. H. MeOREA H. W. Gansta 

